Professionals
- Lucas A. Anderson
- Adam A. Berkland
- Aneesha Sehgal Bruton
- Emily D. Burwell
- Glen E. Caplan
- Scott Cogar
- David W. Dabbs
- Richard C. Dunn
- Matt Efird
- John M. Fogg
- Jeffrey C. Hart
- Harrison B. Hull
- Laura E. Johnson
- Zach Lankford
- Haynes P. Lea
- Matthew G. Lenora
- J. Adam Martin
- Mick Miyawaki
- Henry E. Riffe III
- Evelyn V.P. Sechler
- Curtis C. Strubinger
- Elizabeth A. Tedford
- Angelique R. Vincent
- Stephan J. Willen
Overview
Robinson Bradshaw understands the unique legal and strategic business needs of startup and emerging growth companies and the entrepreneurs behind them. We have represented hundreds of entrepreneurial companies across a broad range of industries and have adopted best practices uniquely suited to meet those needs. Our interdisciplinary team-based approach to client service leverages the experience of our attorneys across all of the firm’s practice groups to ensure that our clients are provided high-quality legal services covering a wide array of industries and legal disciplines.
Because we are selective in the clients that we represent, we are able to provide our clients, no matter how small, with extensive partner-level attention while appropriately utilizing junior attorneys to provide services efficiently and cost-effectively. Our select client base better enables us to leverage our deep network within the entrepreneurial community to provide our clients with the insights and introductions that can accelerate the maturation of their businesses.
Our depth of experience and best-in-class client service team allow our entrepreneurial clients to take comfort in the fact that our ability to provide high-quality legal services will scale as rapidly as their businesses require.
Honors & Awards
- Best Law Firms, national Tier 1 for venture capital law, 2016-19; national Tier 2 for venture capital law, 2015, 2020-25; national Tier 3 for venture capital law, 2013-14; Charlotte Tier 1 for venture capital law, 2013-24; Raleigh Tier 1 for venture capital law, 2014-25; Raleigh Tier 1 for business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships), 2019-21
Experience
Startup Companies
Represented Air Company, a CO2 conversion technology company based in New York City, in each round of equity and debt financing, including its $69 million Series B financing led by Avfuel alongside a syndicate of investors including Lowercarbon Capital.
Represented Farmwise Labs, an AgTech developer of AI-powered weeding implements based in Santa Clara, California, in each round of equity and debt financing, including its $30 million-plus Series B financing co-led by Fall Line Capital and Middleland Capital, alongside a syndicate of investors including Calibrate Ventures and Playground Global.
Represented Get Spiffy, a provider of mobile automotive services and developer of digital servicing solutions for automotive dealers based in Durham, North Carolina, in each round of equity and debt financing, including its $30 million Series C financing led by Edison Partners, alongside a syndicate of additional investors including Tribeca Venture Partners, Bull City Venture Partners, IDEA Fund Partners, Attinger, Shell Ventures, Goodyear Ventures and Mann + Hummel.
Represented ndustrial.io, a developer of energy management platforms for industrial operations based in Raleigh, North Carolina, in each round of equity and debt financing, including its $18.5 million-plus Series B financing co-led by ABB and GS Energy, alongside a syndicate of additional investors including Clean Energy Ventures and ENGIE New Ventures.
Represented Kevel, the API-led ad serving company based in Durham, North Carolina, in each round of equity and debt financing, including its $23 million Series B financing led by Fulcrum Equity Partners, as well as a syndicate of additional investors including Godwin Capital Group, Iberis Capital, Dunnhumby Ventures and Commerce Ventures.
Represented Validic, a developer of a health IoT platform and an EHR-integrated solution for remote personalized care based in Durham, North Carolina, in each round of equity and debt financing, including its $12 million financing round led by Kaiser Permanente Ventures, as well as a syndicate of investors, including Arkin Digital Health, Greycroft Partners and SJF Ventures.
Represented Spreedly, a developer of a global payments orchestration platform based in Durham, North Carolina, in its $75 million growth investment from Spectrum Equity.
Represented ArchiveSocial, a provider of social media archiving solutions based in Durham, North Carolina, in its $53 million growth equity investment from Level Equity.
Represented Dude Solutions, a provider of SaaS operations management solutions based in Cary, North Carolina, in its $100 million-plus Series A financing from Warburg Pincus.
Represented Automated Insights, an artificial intelligence company based in Durham, North Carolina, in each round of equity funding and in its acquisition for an undisclosed amount by STATS LLC (a Vista Equity Partners portfolio company).
Represented Cloupia, a cloud automation and management software company based in Santa Clara, California, in its formation, each round of its debt and equity financing, and $125 million acquisition by Cisco Systems Inc.
Venture Capital
Represented Cofounders Capital, an early-stage venture fund leading seed stage B2B software investments across the Southeast based in Durham, North Carolina, in the formation of several of its funds and in numerous of its portfolio company equity investments.
Represented Jurassic Capital, an investor in growth-stage B2B software companies based in Durham, North Carolina, in the formation of its fund and in numerous of its portfolio company equity investments.
Represented IDEA Fund Partners, an early-stage venture fund based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in the formation of several of its funds and in numerous of its portfolio company equity investments.
Represented Bull City Venture Partners, an early-stage venture fund investing in B2B software and tech-enabled businesses based in Durham, North Carolina, in numerous of its portfolio company investments.
Represented Deerfield Partners, a private equity and venture capital fund based in New York City, in a number of its portfolio company equity investments.
News & Events
News
- Nov. 13, 2024
- Nov. 8, 2024
- Sept. 10, 2024
- Aug. 23, 2024
- Aug. 15, 2024
- Jan. 16, 2024
- Nov. 15, 2023
- Nov. 6, 2023
- Sept. 21, 2023
- Aug. 30, 2023
- Aug. 17, 2023
- Feb. 1, 2023
- Jan. 9, 2023
- Nov. 4, 2022
- Aug. 23, 2022
- April 7, 2022
- March 7, 2022
- March 1, 2022
- Dec. 10, 2021
- Dec. 8, 2021
- Nov. 18, 2021
- Sept. 17, 2021
- Aug. 26, 2021
- May 11, 2021
- March 18, 2021
- Jan. 8, 2021
- Jan. 5, 2021
- Nov. 5, 2020
- Aug. 20, 2020
- Feb. 26, 2020
- Nov. 1, 2019
- Oct. 7, 2019
- Aug. 15, 2019
- Jan. 7, 2019
- Nov. 1, 2018
- Oct. 24, 2018
- Aug. 15, 2018
- Jan. 26, 2018
- Jan. 9, 2018
- Nov. 2, 2017
- Oct. 25, 2017
- Eight Named “Lawyer of the Year”Aug. 16, 2017
- Jan. 26, 2017
Events
Do Greater Charlotte Foundation
2400 Greenland Ave.
Charlotte, NC 28208Oct. 1, 2024Durham Convention Center
301 W. Morgan St.
Durham, NC 27701June 1, 2023Client webinar
April 9, 2020Foundation for the Carolinas
220 N. Tryon St.
Charlotte, NC 28202Jan. 22, 2020William and Ida Friday Center
100 Friday Center Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27517Feb. 9, 2018
Insights
- May 28, 2024Private Fund Insights Blog
- April 19, 2024Private Fund Insights Blog
- April 8, 2024Private Fund Insights Blog
- July 26, 2023Private Fund Insights Blog
- Jan. 22, 2018L3: Long Leaf Law, North Carolina Bar Association blog